Friday, November 7, Masque of the Red Death

Objective:By the end of class, students will analyze allegorical text in order to make connections between fiction and non-fiction.

DO NOW

Quizlet QUIZ - HANDOUT - what stage of life do the colors represent?

Direct Instruction

link to slideshare / allegory

Guided

Read pages 420-421

link to vimeo

Read last page of story- page 427

Independent

1. The Masque of the Red Death an allegory about what?

2. What do the following symbolize:

a. Prince Prospero
b. The masked ball
c. the colored seven rooms
d. the ebony clock
e. the masked figure

3. Why does everyone get a little nervous every time the clock strikes?

4. All of the guests at Prospero's house were invited and then they locked themselves in. So how did the masked figure get in?

5. Why does the masked figure run through the colored rooms so quickly? 

6. The guests all follow Prospero though the rooms to the black / red room. What happens to all the guests? 

7. Why would it make sense that all the guests in the house die?

8. Knowing about Poe's life and the things that happened that contribute to his dark style of writing, why do you think a theme of Mask of the red Death is that "you can try to hide or run away, but no one can escape death"?

Exit Pass

Explain how Poe uses symbolism in the Mask of the Red Death in order to convey the them that no one can escape death.